Appendectomy add-on 44955 at WHITE MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER
1720 E Cesar E Chavez Ave Los Angeles CA 90033|309 W Beverly Blvd, MONTEBELLO, CA · Adventisthealth · · NPI 1215927470
$44.82
Cash price Discounted cash price What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge. Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$249.00
Gross charge Gross charge (chargemaster price) The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this. Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$63.92 with ACCESS GROUP vs $206.67 with MULTIPLAN PPO - ALL PLANS — same scan, same building. Share
Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate
The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.
Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.
Full explanation →
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Negotiated rate
The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.
Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.
Full explanation →Payer ?Payer The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on. Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509. Full explanation → |
Plan ?Plan The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates. Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| ACCESS GROUP | ACCESS GROUP | $63.92 | ↑ +43% |
| LASALLE MG COMMERCIAL - ALL OTHER PLANS | LASALLE MG COMMERCIAL - ALL OTHER PLANS | $63.92 | ↑ +43% |
| PROSPECT MG COM/POS PROFEE ONLY-ALL OTHER PLAN | PROSPECT MG COM/POS PROFEE ONLY-ALL OTHER PLAN | $74.70 | ↑ +67% |
| PROSPECT MG MCR ADV PROFEE ONLY | PROSPECT MG MCR ADV PROFEE ONLY | $74.70 | ↑ +67% |
| PROSPECT MG MCAL PROFEE ONLY | PROSPECT MG MCAL PROFEE ONLY | $74.70 | ↑ +67% |
| PREFERRED SENIOR | PREFERRED SENIOR | $75.20 | ↑ +68% |
| CAREMORE MCARE - ALL PLANS | CAREMORE MCARE - ALL PLANS | $75.20 | ↑ +68% |
| HUMANA MCARE - ALL PLANS | HUMANA MCARE - ALL PLANS | $75.20 | ↑ +68% |
| SCAN HEALTH MCARE - ALL PLANS | SCAN HEALTH MCARE - ALL PLANS | $75.20 | ↑ +68% |
| UHC MCR ADV | UHC MCR ADV | $75.20 | ↑ +68% |
| BLUE CROSS MCR ADV | BLUE CROSS MCR ADV | $75.20 | ↑ +68% |
| EL PROYECTO MCR PROFEE ONLY | EL PROYECTO MCR PROFEE ONLY | $75.20 | ↑ +68% |
| FCS IPA MCR ADVAN OP/PROFEE ONLY | FCS IPA MCR ADVAN OP/PROFEE ONLY | $75.20 | ↑ +68% |
| GLOBAL CARE COMM PROFEE ONLY - ALL OTHER PLANS | GLOBAL CARE COMM PROFEE ONLY - ALL OTHER PLANS | $75.20 | ↑ +68% |
| GLOBAL CARE MCR PROFEE ONLY | GLOBAL CARE MCR PROFEE ONLY | $75.20 | ↑ +68% |
| HCLA COMM PROFEE ONLY - ALL OTHER PLANS | HCLA COMM PROFEE ONLY - ALL OTHER PLANS | $75.20 | ↑ +68% |
| HCLA MCR PROFEE ONLY | HCLA MCR PROFEE ONLY | $75.20 | ↑ +68% |
| HEALTHCARE INC MEDICARE | HEALTHCARE INC MEDICARE | $75.20 | ↑ +68% |
| PACIFIC ALLIANCE MCARE - ALL OTHER PLANS | PACIFIC ALLIANCE MCARE - ALL OTHER PLANS | $75.20 | ↑ +68% |
| LASALLE MG SENIOR | LASALLE MG SENIOR | $75.20 | ↑ +68% |
| TRICARE BLUE SHIELD-ALL PLANS | TRICARE BLUE SHIELD-ALL PLANS | $75.20 | ↑ +68% |
| SUNLIGHT LIVING HLTH MCR ADV-ALL OTHER PLANS | SUNLIGHT LIVING HLTH MCR ADV-ALL OTHER PLANS | $75.20 | ↑ +68% |
| ACCESS SENIOR - ALL OTHER PLANS | ACCESS SENIOR - ALL OTHER PLANS | $75.20 | ↑ +68% |
| AHP - ALL OTHER PLANS | AHP - ALL OTHER PLANS | $75.20 | ↑ +68% |
| AHP SENIOR | AHP SENIOR | $75.20 | ↑ +68% |
| ALTAMED CONNECT | ALTAMED CONNECT | $75.20 | ↑ +68% |
| AVANTI MCR ADV - ALL OTHER PLANS | AVANTI MCR ADV - ALL OTHER PLANS | $75.20 | ↑ +68% |
| BELLA VISTA MCR ADV OP/PROFEE ONLY - ALL OTHER PLA | BELLA VISTA MCR ADV OP/PROFEE ONLY - ALL OTHER PLA | $75.20 | ↑ +68% |
| BRAND NEW DAY MCARE - ALL PLANS | BRAND NEW DAY MCARE - ALL PLANS | $75.20 | ↑ +68% |
| BS VA MCARE | BS VA MCARE | $75.20 | ↑ +68% |
| CARE FIRST MCARE - ALL OTHER PLANS | CARE FIRST MCARE - ALL OTHER PLANS | $75.20 | ↑ +68% |
| LA CARE MCR ADV - ALL PLANS | LA CARE MCR ADV - ALL PLANS | $75.20 | ↑ +68% |
| CLEVER CARE - ALL PLANS | CLEVER CARE - ALL PLANS | $75.20 | ↑ +68% |
| EL PROYECTO COMM PROFEE ONLY - ALL OTHER PLANS | EL PROYECTO COMM PROFEE ONLY - ALL OTHER PLANS | $75.20 | ↑ +68% |
| FCS IPA OP/PROFEE ONLY - ALL OTHER PLANS | FCS IPA OP/PROFEE ONLY - ALL OTHER PLANS | $78.96 | ↑ +76% |
| AETNA - ALL PLANS | AETNA - ALL PLANS | $82.52 | ↑ +84% |
| AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS | AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS | $82.72 | ↑ +85% |
| MOLINA MCARE | MOLINA MCARE | $86.48 | ↑ +93% |
| MOLINA BENEFIT EXCHANGE - ALL OTHER PLANS | MOLINA BENEFIT EXCHANGE - ALL OTHER PLANS | $86.48 | ↑ +93% |
| PREFERRED COMMERCIAL - ALL OTHER PLANS | PREFERRED COMMERCIAL - ALL OTHER PLANS | $90.24 | ↑ +101% |
| BLUE SHIELD MCR ADV | BLUE SHIELD MCR ADV | $96.05 | ↑ +114% |
| CIGNA | CIGNA | $97.28 | ↑ +117% |
| CIGNA ALL OTHER - ALL OTHER PLANS | CIGNA ALL OTHER - ALL OTHER PLANS | $97.28 | ↑ +117% |
| INTERGRATED MEDICAL - ALL PLANS | INTERGRATED MEDICAL - ALL PLANS | $97.76 | ↑ +118% |
| UHC SIGNATURE | UHC SIGNATURE | $98.31 | ↑ +119% |
| WESTERN GROWERS/PINNACLE - ALL PLANS | WESTERN GROWERS/PINNACLE - ALL PLANS | $104.53 | ↑ +133% |
| HEALTHNET COMM CARE | HEALTHNET COMM CARE | $109.57 | ↑ +144% |
| HEALTHNET - ALL OTHER PLANS | HEALTHNET - ALL OTHER PLANS | $109.57 | ↑ +144% |
| UHC HMO | UHC HMO | $110.70 | ↑ +147% |
| UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS | UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS | $110.70 | ↑ +147% |
| UHC JLL | UHC JLL | $110.70 | ↑ +147% |
| CENTIVO - ALL PLANS | CENTIVO - ALL PLANS | $112.80 | ↑ +152% |
| HEALTHNET MCR ADV | HEALTHNET MCR ADV | $115.06 | ↑ +157% |
| BLUE SHIELD EPN | BLUE SHIELD EPN | $137.36 | ↑ +206% |
| BLUE SHIELD - ALL OTHER PLANS | BLUE SHIELD - ALL OTHER PLANS | $145.16 | ↑ +224% |
| BLUE CROSS MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS | BLUE CROSS MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS | $175.84 | ↑ +292% |
| BLUE CROSS NON MCS | BLUE CROSS NON MCS | $175.84 | ↑ +292% |
| MULTIPLAN PPO - ALL PLANS | MULTIPLAN PPO - ALL PLANS | $206.67 | ↑ +361% |
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $147.86 | $57.44 – $217.56 |
| REEDLEY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL | Reedley | $52.06 | $2.43 – $156.48 |
| ST HELENA HOSPITAL | Vallejo | $45.45 | $35.00 – $184.35 |
| HANFORD COMMUNITY HOSPITAL | Selma | $52.06 | $35.00 – $156.48 |
| SAN JOAQUIN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL | Bakersfield | $41.10 | $44.00 – $163.11 |
| ADVENTIST HEALTH MENDOCINO COAST | Fort Bragg | $180.84 | $71.34 – $135.11 |
| WILLITS HOSPITAL INC | Willits | $82.20 | $44.00 – $157.26 |
| SONORA COMMUNITY HOSPITAL | Sonora | $46.58 | $35.00 – $157.26 |